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Sunday, September 16, 2012

Baby Life Quilt

Over the past year, there have been quite a few babies born
to friends and family.At last count,
there were 4 new babies born within the year.One of these sweet babes is little Lily.Lily’s mom, Becky, and I are cousins and we grew up together.I probably spent just as many holidays with
Becky and her sisters, as I did at my own house.Actually, this is still true, since we head
over to Aunt Aida’s (Becky’s mom) every Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve.

Even Piper has a special connection with Becky and has told
both of us that if something were to happen to hubby and me, she wants to live
with Becky.The pool in the yard might
have a *little* something to do with it, methinks.I was a little concerned (teeeeeeny bit) to
learn that my 12 year old already has a contingency plan in case of our early
demise.

Tangent, sorry.

When Becky announced she was pregnant, I knew I wanted to do
something special.I searched through a
lot of patterns, but when I came across the Baby Life quilt, I knew THAT was
the one!

Making the quilt was a collaborative effort.Piper wanted to help trace and cut out all
the letters.As much as I have come to
love appliqué, I am not a fan of tracing and cutting, so I wasn’t about to turn
down the extra help.The only thing she
asked was that I tell Becky that Piper helped make the quilt too, which I was
happy to do.

Pi and I decided to
use a bunch of purples for this quilt.As much as we both love pink, something just screamed purple.Now this is where it gets ESP freaky.I hadn’t asked Becky what color her nursery
was going to be.One day, while over for
a BBQ, she showed me the nursery that had just been painted… purple!Uh-huh…that is some freaky cousin connection
there.

Loved making this quilt and I love love love the way it
turned out.

For the back, I pieced together the leftover purple fabric.

As pretty as it is alone, a sweet baby always makes a quilt look better.

I just found out yesterday that I am going to be a great aunt (makes me feel old - sigh...), so I am excited about getting to sew and knit some baby things. I wish I had just half of your sewing talent though - you are really good at it! : )